Fit checks in the Kansas City area

[andywhoa]

Thanks for your reply, Giles.

Can you think of any similarly-sized American brands?  I can try some stuff from them on before I decide what size of 25oz IH to land on.

[Alex]

@andywhoa Guevel are in KC

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/guevel

[andywhoa]

@Alex:

@andywhoa Guevel are in KC

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/guevel

Perfect, thank you!  I will go check them out right now.  I’ve followed up on an email chain with you, and I will do so again after stopping by Guevel.

Thanks again

[Giles]

My bad

[andywhoa]

@Alex

I stopped at Guevel. They aren’t carrying any IH vests, but they had a couple jackets.

I presume the one closest in fit to your vests is IHJ-507-SLB.  A large was just a hair big in shoulder width and cuff length (irrelevant for a vest).  In the chest and waist (especially), I wouldn’t want to go any smaller.

Does that garment compare well with the 25oz type III indigo vest?  Is this jacket and the vest pre-soaked?

I intend to wear the vest as a motorcycle vest, and it probably won’t get washed beyond an initial soak.

[sabergirl]

Unfortunately, it will be difficult to compare your fit on a jacket to that of a vest. The p2p measurement always varies pretty significantly because the arm holes are in a different place on a vest. Typically the chest will be larger on a jacket if you’re just going by the measurements. You’re likely to be the same size in an iron heart vest as in a jacket, but many folks will size down one in a vest. That also depends on what you want to layer your vest with, of course.

Also, the 507 is a type II so the cut is totally different than a type III like the 526V-XHS. I’m not sure comparing your fit of that will have much bearing on what to expect.

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[Alex]

@andywhoa tge IH-526V-XHS is sanforized, but unwashed - expect some shrinkage, possibly half an inch in both the length and Chest (P2P).

You can compare sizing of two or more products on the site, see here
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12249.msg583535#msg583535

Here is the one of those two products
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/module/leofeature/productscompare?list=1734%2C3468

[andywhoa]

@Alex:

@andywhoa tge IH-526V-XHS is sanforized, but unwashed - expect some shrinkage, possibly half an inch in both the length and Chest (P2P).

You can compare sizing of two or more products on the site, see here
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12249.msg583535#msg583535

Here is the one of those two products
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/module/leofeature/productscompare?list=1734%2C3468

Thanks for the links, @Alex !

I think I'm going to need to go with a large.  So I'll have to send this small back.

It looks like I just order the return shipping from https://www.ironheartamerica.com/returns-shipping/ ?

[Giles]

That's correct….

[andywhoa]

Thanks for everyone’s help.  I shipped the vest back this morning and set up an alert for a large.